Tocaland Plantation – Winnsboro – Fairfield County

— Tocaland Plantation 1986 © Library of Congress —
(Prints & Photographs Division HABS SC,20-WINBO.V,1--9)

Basic Information

• Location – Near Rockton, south of Winnsboro, Fairfield County

  Located on SC 34
  

• Origin of name – Named for the Tokay grape which was grown on the plantation (1, p. 1)
  

• Other names – Christopher Gadsden, Jr. House (3)
  

• Current status – Privately owned (3)
  

Timeline

• Circa 1854 – Earliest known date of existence (1, p. 1)
  

• Circa 1854 – House built (1, p. 1)
  

  Major Woodward built the house for his daughter Regina Gadsden, the wife of Christopher Gadsden, Jr. The house is one-and-one-half story of frame construction. Christopher Gadsden, Jr. was a noted horticulturist and extensively landscaped Tocaland (1, p. 1) (2, XII: 49).
  

• 1965 – John T. Johnson owned the plantation (2, XII: 49).
  

Land

• Number of acres – 1.2 in 1986 (1, p. 1)
  

• Primary crop – The plantation was noted for the fruit grown there especially the rare Hungarian Tokay wine grape (2, XII: 49).
  

Slaves

• Number of slaves – ?

References & Resources

1. National Register of Historic Places
   – Nomination form - PDF - submitted in 1983
   – Photographs, architectural overview
   

2. Claude Henry Neuffer, editor, Names in South Carolina, Volume I through 30 (Columbia, SC: The State Printing Company)
    Order Names in South Carolina, Volumes I-XII, 1954-1965
    Order Names in South Carolina, Index XIII-XVIII
   

3. Information contributed by Cyndi Shull including:
   – Library of Congress Photo File
   – Library of Congress Data File - PDF